Improvement in organ-pedaus



J. R. LOMAS. Organ-Pedal.

No. 208,528. Patented Oct. 1,187.8.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JOHN B. LOMAS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO B. SHONINGER, OFSAME PLACE.

IM PROVEMENT IN ORGAN-PEDALS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,528, dated October1, 187 8 application filed July 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concer-n'.-

Be it known that I, J oHN R. LOMAS, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inOrgan-Pedals; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, front view, the pedals closed; Fig. 2, vertical section,enlarged; Fig. 3, front view, showing one of the pedals when open.

This invention relates to an improvement in the arrangement ofblow-pedals for organs, the object being to hang the pedals to a foldingfront, so that when not required for use.

they may be thrown into the case, and by the peculiar method of hangingbe self-securing; and the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the front of the bellows as ordinarily arranged within theoase; B, the front of the case above the pedal-opening C. To the bottomof the case, and substantially in line with the front B, the pedaLbase Dis hinged, as at a, and it may or may not close the opening C, thatbeing entirelyimmaterial to this invention. On the inner side of thebase D the blow-pedals E are hinged, as at b, the hinging-point d beingwithin a vertical line through the hinge a, as indicated by the brokenline e. To the inner end of the pedal E a strap, F, extends over apulley, G, above, to the bellows, the axis of the pulley being insidethe line e. When the pedals are required for use, the base D is turneddownward, as in broken lines, Fig. 2, bringing the pedals into properinclination for use. When not required for use, the base D is turnedupward, and the weight of the pedals coming upon the inside of the baseD, and within the vertical line through the hinge a, the tendency of thepedals is that, so soon as the hinge ofthe pedal has passed within thevertical line of the hinge a., the center of gravity of the combinedpeclals and base D is within that vertical line; hence will force thebase and the pedals inward until they come to a bearing, which is theirclosed position. This weight of the pedals therefore serves to hold themwith the base in the closed position.

I claim- The combination of the base D, hinged at the front, and thepedals E, hinged to the said base, inside the vertical line through thehinges of the base, with the bellows of an organ, and connection betweensaid bellows and pedals, substantially as described.

JOHN It. LOMAS.

Witnesses:

J. H. SHUMWAY, H. A. KITsoN.

